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Tag: Responsible Innovation

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Events, In the News

Penn Researchers Discuss their Solutions to the Climate Crisis

As society grapples with the impacts of a worsening climate—from the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events to rising sea levels and deadly … Read More ›

Posted on October 21, 2024November 4, 2024
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineering Research Discovers Critical Vulnerabilities in AI-Enabled Robots to Increase Safety and Security

In its commitment to drive responsible innovation, Penn Engineering convenes an open dialogue in D.C. on the government-funded research and solutions for a safer AI-enabled … Read More ›

Posted on October 17, 2024October 17, 2024
Yue Yang sits at a computer wearing a Hawaiian shirt.
Research + Innovation

Training Medical AI with Knowledge, Not Shortcuts

When human radiologists examine scans, they peer through the lens of decades of training. Extending from college to medical school to residency, the road that … Read More ›

Posted on October 15, 2024December 9, 2024
Illustration of AI scanning a mammogram
Grants, In the News

AI Meets Medicine: Penn Secures ARPA-H Funding for AI in Breast Cancer Care and More

Researchers at Penn Engineering and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) have received a $7-million, four-year award from the Advanced Research Projects … Read More ›

Posted on October 14, 2024October 11, 2024
Eric Eaton and several other researchers stand in a field while controlling robots.
Research + Innovation

Pioneering Robotic Triage

On Feb. 6, 2023, massive earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria. Measuring 7.8 and 7.7 on the Richter scale and felt as far away as Egypt, … Read More ›

Posted on October 2, 2024October 2, 2024
Portrait of Jennifer Wilcox
In the News, Research + Innovation

Net Zero by 2050: a Q&A with Jen Wilcox on Carbon Management

In February 2020, at a talk hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Jen Wilcox, who at … Read More ›

Posted on September 3, 2024
A strand of RNA assembling itself
Grants, In the News, Research + Innovation

Melding AI and RNA: $18M NSF AIRFoundry to Revolutionize RNA Research

In a typical foundry, raw materials like steel and copper are melted down and poured into molds to assume new shapes and functions. The U.S. … Read More ›

Posted on August 28, 2024November 4, 2024
Portrait of Nandan Tumu
Research + Innovation, Students

Nandan Tumu: Pioneering Efficient Traffic Control and Sustainable Energy Solutions

In the bustling corridors of the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering (PRECISE) Center, groundbreaking research is unfolding. Led by Nandan Tumu, … Read More ›

Posted on August 27, 2024August 27, 2024
A rendering of the human intestines with bacteria outlined in bright colors.
Research + Innovation

Mining the Microbiome: Uncovering New Antibiotics Inside the Human Gut

The average human gut contains roughly 100 trillion microbes, many of which are constantly competing for limited resources. “It’s such a harsh environment,” says César … Read More ›

Posted on August 19, 2024August 15, 2024
In the News, Research + Innovation, Students

Detecting Machine-Generated Text: An Arms Race With the Advancements of Large Language Models

Machine-generated text has been fooling humans for the last four years. Since the release of GPT-2 in 2019, large language model (LLM) tools have gotten … Read More ›

Posted on August 12, 2024August 16, 2024

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